ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2020
Suicide in Older Adults With and Without Known Mental Illness: Results From the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2016.
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- Temporal trends in suicide related emergency calls by age group and gender from 2014 to 2023.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Impact of COVID-19 on mental health and emotional well-being of older adults.World journal of virology · 2022Review
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- Factors Associated With 7-Day Follow-Up Outpatient Mental Healthcare in Older Adults Hospitalized for Suicidal Ideation, Suicide Attempt, and Self-Harm.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2022Article
- Suicide risk in first year after dementia diagnosis in older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2022Article
- Intent disclosure in late-life suicide: Age group differences in correlates and associations with suicide means.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Firearm Suicides in the Elderly: A Narrative Review and Call for Action.Journal of community health · 2021Review
- Understanding Vulnerability to Late-Life Suicide.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
- Veterans, Firearms, and Suicide: Safe Storage Prevention Policy and the PREVENTS Roadmap.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2020Article
- Depression in older women who died by suicide: associations with other suicide contributors and suicide methods.Journal of women & agingArticle
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Abstract
introductionSuicide risk increases with age, and evidence exists for the underdiagnosis and undertreatment of suicide risk in older adults. Recent data suggest that many U.S. adults who die from suicide do not have a known mental health condition. This study compares the characteristics and precipitating circumstances of geriatric suicide decedents with and without known mental illnesses.
methodsThis study was a retrospective analysis of suicide deaths for adults aged ≥65 years from the National Violent Death Reporting System, 2003-2016 (n=26,884). ORs compared sociodemographic and clinical characteristics, cause of death, and precipitating circumstances based on coroner/medical examiner and law enforcement reports. Data were collected and analyzed in 2019.
resultsMost older male (69.1%) and female (50.2%) suicide decedents did not have a known mental illness. A physical health problem was the most prevalent precipitating circumstance but was more common among older adults without known mental illness. Past suicide attempt, disclosure of suicidal intent, depressed mood, and substance use were more common among those with a known mental illness. More than three fourths of suicide decedents did not disclose their suicidal intent. Most suicide deaths involved firearms, which were disproportionately used by decedents without known mental illness (81.6% of male and 44.6% of female decedents) compared with those with known mental illness (70.5% of male and 30.0% of female decedents).
conclusionsMost older adults who die from suicide do not have a known mental health condition. The rapidly growing U.S. geriatric population calls for more effective methods to identify and treat at-risk older adults, particularly those who are male.
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